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don1steinberg
Jul 12
Honest Boxing Posters
What if boxing posters actually told the undisputed truth?
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don1steinberg
May 6
BRANDAGRAMS: Can you find the names of popular consumer brands hidden in these phrases?
how the eli te sla m into pedestrians click to go ogle dirty pictures buy our overpriced cr ap ple ase don't you h ave eno ugh lotion? a...
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don1steinberg
Apr 11
What Cereal Commercials Taught Me About Life
Everything that comes at us when we're kids seems so new and vivid, and so potentially important, that it lodges in the best spots in our...
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don1steinberg
Jan 31
Everyone Talking About Andy Kaufman
In 1999, GQ asked me to interview a few actors in advance of the upcoming biopic movie about the comedian Andy Kaufman. I kind of...
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don1steinberg
Jan 22
Beyond Starbucks: Other Brand Names Taken from Moby-Dick
It’s well known that coffee chain Starbucks got its name from Starbuck, Captain Ahab’s first mate in Moby-Dick. But did you know that...
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don1steinberg
Dec 19, 2023
Sports: Our First Hate
Sports are where we first learn to hate people who are very much like us but come from someplace else. Sorry. It's true. Yeah, it's all...
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don1steinberg
Oct 4, 2023
More Comedians Who Just Make Stuff Up
by Don Steinberg In September, audiences were outraged when comedian Hasan Minaj admitted that some of his stand-up act wasn't reporting...
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don1steinberg
Dec 20, 2021
The Mueller Report (Taylor's Version) and other new recordings
In 2021, Taylor Swift captured lightning by re-interpreting two of her previously released albums, sending Fearless (Taylor's Version)...
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don1steinberg
Apr 17, 2021
EXCLUSIVE BOOK EXCERPT: The Chief! Presidential Days and Nights of Bill Clinton
In Hope, Arkansas , there was no postwar boom. Nearby Little Rock at least had its nice little rocks. In Hope, children created...
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don1steinberg
May 4, 2020
A Guide to the New Normals
Experts believe we will reach a new kind of normality. Or is it “normalcy”? One thing is sure: normalness, and the terminology to...
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Don Steinberg
Nov 2, 2019
Frequently Asked Questions About Google Ant
Q: Am I hearing you correctly? A: Google Ant is an effort to individually track all the ants on Earth. Q: Aren't there a lot of ants out...
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Don Steinberg
Apr 20, 2019
More Films Based on Classic Albums
Suspiria director Luca Guadagnino says he plans to make a film based on the Bob Dylan album Blood on the Tracks. Movies based on classic...
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Don Steinberg
Apr 14, 2018
The Real Dirty Female Comedians of the Cold War Era
Billboard in 1961 ran a news item about comedian Belle Barth's move to a new record label. The article called her "the queen of the...
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